Bio

Allan Vest is a composer, producer, and musician who was born in Texas and raised in Edmond, Oklahoma. Vest's melodies have been featured in Disney television animated shorts while his original music was put to effective use in several features by award-winning director Bradley Beesley and in writer/director Mickey Reece's 2011 movies Seducers Cluband Punch Cowboy. Vest also specializes in infusing his clients' and his own compositions with multilayered instrumentation along with other unique elements.

As the primary songwriter and lead vocalist and guitarist/multi-instrumentalist for indie/orchestral pop band Starlight Mints, Vest was known for his surrealistic lyrics and clever arrangements. The band released four albums: The Dream that Stuff Was Made Of(2000, See-Thru Broadcasting Records), Built on Squares(2003, PIAS America Records), Drowaton(2006, Barsuk Records) and Change Remains (2009, Barsuk Records). The Starlight Mints composition “Eyes of the Night” is the theme song for the British supernatural drama Demons.The band’s music has also been featured in films including Barnyard, Summercamp!, andVan Wilder 2, as well as television shows including Malcolm in the Middle, One Tree Hill, andGossip Girl.

He produced the four Starlight Mints albums, with legendary producer Dave Sardy co-producing the critically acclaimed first album. Vest's producer credits also include working with indie bands Student Film, Feel Spectres, Skating Polly and The Separation. Vest taught guitar lessons for several years and is an enthusiastic supporter of arts education. In 2010 he was inducted by Creative Oklahoma as a Creativity Ambassador. He and his wife Barb (Hendrickson) Vest formed a project called doubleVee in 2012. Their debut album The Moonlit Fables of Jack the Rider is now available via iTunes, Amazon.com and Spotify.